Kyle Katarn
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Kyle Katarn is a major character from the Star Wars universe, chiefly known from the games Star Wars: Dark Forces and Star Wars: Jedi Knight.
Bio[edit | edit source]
Like a certain other bloke, Katarn grew up on some backwater farm on a desert world. Unlike aforementioned bloke, Kyle wasn't taken in by the equivalent of the local religious zealot, but rather ended up enrolling with the Imperial Academy as an engineering student. Although he managed to graduate with flying colors, Kyle found himself ethically challenged by the more practical aspects of the Imperial army. His constant bouts of precognition didn't help, either.
He ended up defecting; working as a gun for hire under the highest bidder in general and a lovely little lady called Jan Ors in particular. The latter gently coaxed him into joining the Rebel Alliance, and next thing you know, it turns out Katarn's precognition stems from him being force-sensitive. He then did the entire Jedi shtick, briefly took a walk on the dark side, turned back into a Jedi, and then turned back into a ligthsaber for hire.
To make a long story short: If Luke Skywalker is the knight in shining armor, Katarn takes the role of the jaded, edgy anti-hero that complains about his paycheck whenever he helps the good guys, but somehow only helps the good guys anyway.
In 8chanmania[edit | edit source]
Kyle Katarn debuted in the 90s-themed 8chanmania LII. He sent Christopher Blair straight back to the academy, but got hospitalized with toxoplasmosis at the paws of Felicia.
His second chance came in the board war of 8chanmania LXII, where he represented /sw/. Katarn did a reasonably good job against /comix/'s Samurai Jack, but got slapped silly by Peter Gaybriel in the following round.
